Isolde Raftery
Interim Managing Editor
About
Isolde Raftery has been the Interim Managing Editor KUOW since 2024. Previously, she was the station's Online Managing Editor.
She has worked for NBCNews.com, The New York Times (where she was a fellow on the Metro desk in 2010), and the Columbian and Skagit Valley Herald newspapers here in Washington state.
Born in Ireland to an Irish dad and a French mom, Isolde grew up in Dublin, Paris, and Seattle, where she attended James A. Garfield High School. She later graduated from Barnard College in New York City and received a Master's degree in Literary Nonfiction from the University of Oregon.
You can send her tips and story ideas via email or, more privately, by Instagram direct message @isoldedenise.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English, French
Pronouns: she/her
Stories
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Hey Siri! Stop Interrupting Our Regular Programming
Dear KUOW listeners, We apologize for the inconvenience several of you experienced recently when listening to a story about distracted driving and Siri,...
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A Few Unforgettable Moments Heard On KUOW This Year
It’s been an incredible year for KUOW reporters.
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A Brief History Of Words Unique To The Northwest
Duff. Fish wheel. Skid Road. Long butt. Few of us here know the Northwest words listed in the Dictionary of American Regional English because they...
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Background Checks, Preschool And Metro Passing
These are the election results as of Wednesday, 4:35 p.m.
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Sheriff: Marysville Shooter Invited Victims To Lunch
Jaylen Fryberg had texted the five friends he shot on Friday to lunch, Snohomish County Sheriff Ty Trenary said on Monday.
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Too Soon? Nick Hanauer Posts Sarcastically, ‘We Need More School Shootings!!!’
Within hours of the school shooting in Marysville that left two students dead – including the shooter – Seattle venture capitalist Nick Hanauer posted a...
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Seattle Schools With Most Unvaccinated Students Are In Wealthier Neighborhoods
Instead of vaccinating her children for chickenpox, Kimberly Christensen chose the old fashioned way to immunize them – sending her kids to hang out...
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Stories Of Courage From UW's Maternity Clinic
The stories from the labor and delivery ward at UW Medical Center in Seattle are often told breathlessly. A nurse tells of a pregnant woman who arrived...
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'Normal Labor' And Why C-Section Rates Climbed So High
Public health officials across the U.S. say the number of cesarean sections being performed has gotten way out of hand. It's a life-saving surgery for...
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Why Some Washington Hospitals Have Such High C-Section Rates
It’s 7 p.m. on a Thursday at Valley Hospital and Medical Center in Spokane, and Dr. Nathan Meltzer has already had a very long day. He has one mother in...